Croisilles | |
Commune Status: | Commune |
Arrondissement: | Mortagne-au-Perche |
Canton: | Vimoutiers |
Insee: | 61138 |
Postal Code: | 61230 |
Mayor: | Monique Trinité[1] |
Term: | 2020 - 2026 |
Intercommunality: | Vallées d'Auge et du Merlerault |
Coordinates: | 48.7686°N 0.2633°W |
Elevation M: | 250 |
Elevation Min M: | 186 |
Elevation Max M: | 303 |
Area Km2: | 11.32 |
Croisilles (in French pronounced as /kʁwazij/) is a commune in the Orne department in north-western France.
The commune is made up of the following collection of villages and hamlets, Bellefontaine, La Rousselière and Croisilles.[2]
The Commune is one of 30 communes that make up the Natura 2000 protected area of Bocages et vergers du sud Pays d'Auge.[3] The site is 21,541 hectares in size and consists of a well-preserved wooded landscape that hosts three protected beetles, the European stag beetle, the great capricorn beetle and the Hermit Beetle.[4]
The commune has two rivers, The Touques and the Ure flowing through the commune. In addition to the two rivers there are 6 streams running through the commune, the Launay, the Bouillonnay, the Veaulecent, the Menil, La Noe and the Bouillant.